Renaming same name Multiple email attachments when Copying from outlook - excel

Question

Historically I was using Excel and lotus notes to do this, company is transitioning thru to Outlook 2016 as it's standard email client.
We get daily reports to a mailbox from our Fridge units at multiple branches. each branch is a separate email but some of the attachments are named the same.
I used a script that copied the attachments from LN and it had a private function that in the processing of copying the attachments it would rename them if they had the same name.
I found a script here at stack overflow that I modified to save the attachments from Outlook into a Network folder. That works fine.
Here is the script
Public Sub SaveAttachments()
Dim objOL As Outlook.Application
Dim objMsg As Outlook.MailItem 'Object
Dim objAttachments As Outlook.Attachments
Dim objSelection As Outlook.Selection
Dim i As Long
Dim lngCount As Long
Dim strFile As String
Dim strFolderpath As String
Dim strDeletedFiles As String
' Get the path to your My Documents folder
'strFolderpath = CreateObject("WScript.Shell").SpecialFolders(16)
strFolderpath = "J:\Clayton\Logistics\Plantwatch\REPORTS\ZDumpSites\"
On Error Resume Next
' Instantiate an Outlook Application object.
Set objOL = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
' Get the collection of selected objects.
Set objSelection = objOL.ActiveExplorer.Selection
' Set the Attachment folder.
strFolderpath = strFolderpath '& "\Attachments\"
' Check each selected item for attachments. If attachments exist,
' save them to the strFolderPath folder and strip them from the item.
For Each objMsg In objSelection
' This code only strips attachments from mail items.
' If objMsg.class=olMail Then
' Get the Attachments collection of the item.
Set objAttachments = objMsg.Attachments
lngCount = objAttachments.Count
strDeletedFiles = ""
If lngCount > 0 Then
' We need to use a count down loop for removing items
' from a collection. Otherwise, the loop counter gets
' confused and only every other item is removed.
For i = lngCount To 1 Step -1
' Save attachment before deleting from item.
' Get the file name.
strFile = objAttachments.Item(i).FileName
' Combine with the path to the Temp folder.
strFile = strFolderpath & strFile
' Save the attachment as a file.
objAttachments.Item(i).SaveAsFile strFile
' Delete the attachment.
'objAttachments.Item(i).Delete
'write the save as path to a string to add to the message
'check for html and use html tags in link
If objMsg.BodyFormat <> olFormatHTML Then
strDeletedFiles = strDeletedFiles & vbCrLf & "<file://" & strFile & ">"
Else
strDeletedFiles = strDeletedFiles & "<br>" & "<a href='file://" & _
strFile & "'>" & strFile & "</a>"
End If
'Use the MsgBox command to troubleshoot. Remove it from the final code.
'MsgBox strDeletedFiles
Next i
' Adds the filename string to the message body and save it
' Check for HTML body
If objMsg.BodyFormat <> olFormatHTML Then
objMsg.Body = vbCrLf & "The file(s) were saved to " & strDeletedFiles & vbCrLf & objMsg.Body
Else
objMsg.HTMLBody = "<p>" & "The file(s) were saved to " & strDeletedFiles & "</p>" & objMsg.HTMLBody
End If
objMsg.Save
End If
Next
ExitSub:
Set objAttachments = Nothing
Set objMsg = Nothing
Set objSelection = Nothing
Set objOL = Nothing
End Sub
I am trying to add this Function to this Script:
Private Function UniqueFileName(ByVal Fn As String) As String ' Rename same Name files.
Dim Fun As String ' Function return value
Dim Sp() As String ' Split file name
Dim Ext As Long ' file extension character count
Dim i As Integer ' file name index
Sp = Split(Fn, ".")
If UBound(Sp) Then Ext = Len(Sp(UBound(Sp))) + 1
Fun = stPath & Fn
Do While Len(Dir(Fun))
i = i + 1
Fun = stPath & Left(Fn, Len(Fn) - Ext) & _
"(" & CStr(i) & ")" & Right(Fn, Ext)
If i > 100 Then Exit Do
Loop
UniqueFileName = Fun
End Function
But search as I can I cannot see where this would fit or be added to the script.
How can I add this function to the excellent Script above to rename same named attachments?
I suspect I am missing something simple!

Answer 1

Change:
strFile = strFolderpath & strFile
to:
strFile = MakeUnique(strFolderpath & strFile)
Function:
Function MakeUnique(fPath As String) As String
Dim rv As String, fso, fName, fldr, ext, n
Set fso = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
rv = fPath
ext = "." & fso.getextensionname(fPath)
n = 2
Do While fso.fileexists(rv)
rv = Left(fPath, Len(fPath) - Len(ext)) & "(" & n & ")" & ext
n = n + 1
Loop
MakeUnique = rv
End Function

Answer 2

Try it like this
add the following to your variables
Dim nFileName As String
Dim Ext As String
then call the Function
For i = lngCount To 1 Step -1
' Save attachment before deleting from item.
' Get the file name.
strFile = objAttachments.Item(i).FileName
' ==============================================================
' ' // added
Ext = Right(strFile, _
Len(strFile) - InStrRev(strFile, Chr(46)))
nFileName = FileNameUnique(strFolderpath, strFile, Ext)
'================================================================
' Combine with the path to the Temp folder.
strFile = strFolderpath & strFile
' Save the attachment as a file.
objAttachments.Item(i).SaveAsFile strFolderpath & nFileName ' < added
Here are you have two functions
'// Check if the file exists
Private Function FileExists(FullName As String) As Boolean
Dim FSO As Object
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If FSO.FileExists(FullName) Then
FileExists = True
Else
FileExists = False
End If
Exit Function
End Function
'// If the same file name exist then add (1)
Private Function FileNameUnique(sPath As String, _
FileName As String, _
Ext As String) As String
Dim lngF As Long
Dim lngName As Long
lngF = 1
lngName = Len(FileName) - (Len(Ext) + 1)
FileName = Left(FileName, lngName)
Do While FileExists(sPath & FileName & Chr(46) & Ext) = True
FileName = Left(FileName, lngName) & " (" & lngF & ")"
lngF = lngF + 1
Loop
FileNameUnique = FileName & Chr(46) & Ext
Exit Function
End Function
Good Luck - :-)